Job summary
We are seeking an experienced GP to take on the role of
Clinical Lead for Community Beds. This is a clinical leadership role
responsible for the medical model within a community bed-based service
delivered in partnership with Leeds City Council and Leeds Community Healthcare
Trust across Leeds.
The post-holder will act as the responsible clinician across
multiple bed bases (currently four), providing clinical leadership, governance
oversight, and direct patient care. The service supports patients who are
typically stepped down from acute hospital settings, with some step-up
admissions from the community.
The role combines clinical leadership (8 hours per week)
with hands-on clinical delivery (minimum 1 day per week), working within a
multidisciplinary team including GPs, Advanced Clinical Practitioners, resident
doctors, geriatricians, pharmacists, and pharmacy technicians.
Main duties of the job
Clinical Leadership & Service Delivery:
- Act as the responsible clinician for patients within the community bed bases.
- Provide clinical leadership for the medical model across all bed bases.
- Deliver direct patient care within the service (minimum 1 day per week).
- Support safe, effective admission, management, and discharge of patients.
- Work collaboratively with MDT colleagues to deliver holistic patient care.
- Support development and implementation of care pathways, including escalation to geriatricians.
- Ensure continuity and quality of clinical care across sites.
Clinical Governance, Safety & Quality:
- Lead on clinical governance for the medical model of the service.
- Ensure high standards of patient safety, quality, and clinical effectiveness.
- Oversee clinical audit, quality assurance, and continuous improvement processes.
- Lead investigations and implementation of learning from incidents and complaints.
- Ensure compliance with regulatory standards (including CQC) and best practice.
About us
Leeds GP Confederation exists to make a positive difference
to the 870,000 people living in Leeds. We are committed to improving general
practice and peoples health and wellbeing. Through our support, resources, and
expertise, we enable GP practices and Primary Care Networks (PCNs) to flourish,
collaborate, and provide excellent care for their communities.
We are driven to ensure the unified voice of general
practice is central to the health and care system and are committed to
fostering a culture that is open, inclusive, and focused on continuous
improvement.
For further information, please go to www.leedsgpconfederation.org.uk
Job description
Job responsibilities
Clinical Care & Ward-Based Delivery:
- Undertake regular ward rounds across community bed bases, providing comprehensive medical reviews of patients.
- Assess, diagnose, and manage a wide range of acute and chronic conditions, with a particular focus on frailty and complex comorbidity.
- Develop and review personalised care plans in collaboration with the multidisciplinary team.
- Support proactive clinical decision-making to optimise patient outcomes and experience.
Advanced Care Planning & Patient-Centred Care:
- Lead and support advanced care planning discussions, including ceilings of care and end-of-life decision-making where appropriate.
- Communicate effectively and compassionately with patients and their families/carers regarding diagnosis, prognosis, and care plans.
- Ensure care is aligned with patient preferences, best interests, and legal/ethical frameworks.
Multidisciplinary Team Working:
- Work closely with nursing, therapy, pharmacy, and medical colleagues to deliver coordinated, holistic care.
- Actively participate in MDT meetings, case discussions, and care planning processes.
- Provide clinical advice and support to other members of the team where appropriate.
- Contribute to a collaborative and supportive team culture.
Medicines Management:
- Undertake medication reviews in partnership with pharmacists and pharmacy technicians.
- Optimise prescribing for frail and elderly patients, considering polypharmacy and deprescribing where appropriate.
- Safely prescribe medications and ensure appropriate monitoring and follow-up.
Discharge Planning & Flow:
- Work proactively with therapy, nursing and other medical colleagues to minimise length of stay while maintaining safe, high-quality care.
- Support timely and safe discharge planning from admission through to discharge.
- Ensure clear, accurate, and timely communication of discharge summaries and plans.
- Facilitate safe transfer of care back to the patients registered GP and community services.
Partnership & System Working:
- Work collaboratively with partners including Leeds Community Healthcare NHS Trust and Leeds City Council.
- Build strong working relationships across organisational boundaries.
- Contribute to integrated working and service development across the system.
Operational Collaboration:
- Work closely with operational colleagues to ensure effective service delivery.
- Support development of pathways, processes, and escalation protocols.
- Contribute to service performance and improvement initiatives.
Leadership, Workforce & Development:
- Provide line management to clinical staff within the service.
- Support recruitment, induction, and ongoing development.
- Conduct appraisals and manage performance issues where required.
- Provide mentorship, supervision, and clinical leadership.
- Actively support training, education, and upskilling of the multidisciplinary team.
- Foster a positive, collaborative, and high-performing team culture focused on continuous learning.
Responsibility for Staff Management:
- Day to day line management staff within the portfolio in line with the Leeds GP Confederation values and behaviours.
- Be accountable for the service delivery and performance of a team.
- Undertake staff appraisals and deal effectively with poor performance in line with Leeds GP Confederation policy.
- Participate in the recruitment and selection of staff. Support and implement workplace induction processes for new staff to ensure that they are aware of all appropriate procedures, policies and information necessary to carry out their role effectively, efficiently and safely.
Responsible for monitoring the teams adherence to the organisations mandatory training requirements.
Support staff within own team with motivation, development and training. Provide support and expertise to own team members.
Mentor colleagues within the team.
Personal/Professional Development:
The post-holder will participate in any training programme implemented by Leeds GP Confederation as part of this employment, such training to include:
- Completion of all mandatory training;
- Participation in an annual individual performance review/appraisal;
- Maintaining a record of personal and/or professional development;
- Taking responsibility for own development, learning and performance.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Clinical Care & Ward-Based Delivery:
- Undertake regular ward rounds across community bed bases, providing comprehensive medical reviews of patients.
- Assess, diagnose, and manage a wide range of acute and chronic conditions, with a particular focus on frailty and complex comorbidity.
- Develop and review personalised care plans in collaboration with the multidisciplinary team.
- Support proactive clinical decision-making to optimise patient outcomes and experience.
Advanced Care Planning & Patient-Centred Care:
- Lead and support advanced care planning discussions, including ceilings of care and end-of-life decision-making where appropriate.
- Communicate effectively and compassionately with patients and their families/carers regarding diagnosis, prognosis, and care plans.
- Ensure care is aligned with patient preferences, best interests, and legal/ethical frameworks.
Multidisciplinary Team Working:
- Work closely with nursing, therapy, pharmacy, and medical colleagues to deliver coordinated, holistic care.
- Actively participate in MDT meetings, case discussions, and care planning processes.
- Provide clinical advice and support to other members of the team where appropriate.
- Contribute to a collaborative and supportive team culture.
Medicines Management:
- Undertake medication reviews in partnership with pharmacists and pharmacy technicians.
- Optimise prescribing for frail and elderly patients, considering polypharmacy and deprescribing where appropriate.
- Safely prescribe medications and ensure appropriate monitoring and follow-up.
Discharge Planning & Flow:
- Work proactively with therapy, nursing and other medical colleagues to minimise length of stay while maintaining safe, high-quality care.
- Support timely and safe discharge planning from admission through to discharge.
- Ensure clear, accurate, and timely communication of discharge summaries and plans.
- Facilitate safe transfer of care back to the patients registered GP and community services.
Partnership & System Working:
- Work collaboratively with partners including Leeds Community Healthcare NHS Trust and Leeds City Council.
- Build strong working relationships across organisational boundaries.
- Contribute to integrated working and service development across the system.
Operational Collaboration:
- Work closely with operational colleagues to ensure effective service delivery.
- Support development of pathways, processes, and escalation protocols.
- Contribute to service performance and improvement initiatives.
Leadership, Workforce & Development:
- Provide line management to clinical staff within the service.
- Support recruitment, induction, and ongoing development.
- Conduct appraisals and manage performance issues where required.
- Provide mentorship, supervision, and clinical leadership.
- Actively support training, education, and upskilling of the multidisciplinary team.
- Foster a positive, collaborative, and high-performing team culture focused on continuous learning.
Responsibility for Staff Management:
- Day to day line management staff within the portfolio in line with the Leeds GP Confederation values and behaviours.
- Be accountable for the service delivery and performance of a team.
- Undertake staff appraisals and deal effectively with poor performance in line with Leeds GP Confederation policy.
- Participate in the recruitment and selection of staff. Support and implement workplace induction processes for new staff to ensure that they are aware of all appropriate procedures, policies and information necessary to carry out their role effectively, efficiently and safely.
Responsible for monitoring the teams adherence to the organisations mandatory training requirements.
Support staff within own team with motivation, development and training. Provide support and expertise to own team members.
Mentor colleagues within the team.
Personal/Professional Development:
The post-holder will participate in any training programme implemented by Leeds GP Confederation as part of this employment, such training to include:
- Completion of all mandatory training;
- Participation in an annual individual performance review/appraisal;
- Maintaining a record of personal and/or professional development;
- Taking responsibility for own development, learning and performance.
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- Experience in clinical leadership
- Extensive experience in the management of frail and elderly patients.
- Strong understanding of clinical governance, patient safety, and quality frameworks.
- Experience of working within multidisciplinary teams.
- Experience of supporting training, development, and upskilling of staff.
- Excellent leadership, communication, and organisational skills.
- ________________________________________
Desirable
- Experience working within community bed-based or intermediate care services.
Qualifications
Essential
- Fully qualified GP with current GMC registration and licence to practise.
Desirable
- Diploma in Geriatric Medicine.
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- Experience in clinical leadership
- Extensive experience in the management of frail and elderly patients.
- Strong understanding of clinical governance, patient safety, and quality frameworks.
- Experience of working within multidisciplinary teams.
- Experience of supporting training, development, and upskilling of staff.
- Excellent leadership, communication, and organisational skills.
- ________________________________________
Desirable
- Experience working within community bed-based or intermediate care services.
Qualifications
Essential
- Fully qualified GP with current GMC registration and licence to practise.
Desirable
- Diploma in Geriatric Medicine.
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
